It's a Hobbit's Life

Muti fandom stuff and things that makes me smile. I am a hobbit, short, huge feet and big I am hobbit see me cook 2nd breakfast, UK and too old to be on here. I make it a habit to like personally rants, or musing or photos so that people know that someone has spotted it and thinking of them sending positive vibes.

[silk-dreams]

[christosanesti]

i dont think american filmmakers realise how huge london is, because sure you have the london eye and houses of parliament but when you say ‘london has fallen’ what??? so the nandos in catford is in flames? the tesco in peckham has descended into chaos? wtf??

[pulchrabelle]

We have states bigger than your entire country

[zerotheduke]

ur largest city

london

[afrogwitch]

Oh…. honey….honey no

[steviemcfly]

(21,433 sq. km)

And London is only so big because the metropolitan area is included. The city of London:

(1.8 sq. km)

My neighborhood, Bushwick, just one neighborhood in Brooklyn, which is just one of five boroughs of New York City, is three times the size of the city of London:

But they tried it tho.

[apparentlyeverything]

The “City of London” is a tiny part of London overall, similar to the south end of Manhattan/Wall Street Area in NYC, so that’s a bad comparison. but the New York metro area is definitely much bigger than London’s.  

But honestly, who the fuck cares?

[thecoppercow]

Also, so your states are bigger. Doesn’t change the fact that London has Fallen was a shit movie? In fact, if they’re so big, they should have actually been better at making and scouting that incredibly dumb, edging-on-racist, cheesefest of a film? If your states are so big, then get those guys to make a stupid movie about Texas falling, it might be less hammy.

Anyway it was clearly a cutesy joke post about how London sprawls out and that movie was bad (so bad) but some people can’t go five minutes without willy-waving about size, I guess. #tbt Eurovision Discourse.

[nestofstraightlines]

New York is a really bad comparison anyway re. the Actual Point of this post, because

a. the populations of NY and London in terms of the city itself (and not counting the Greater NY/London areas - is about the same, 8 million ish).

b. Due to the nature of its geography - i.e. the island/river thing - restricting outward spread and forcing the city upwards - NY crams these 8 million into a much more concentrated space. London sprawls.

c.You do actually see a very diverse and nuanced representation of NY on screen; some movies obvious take a ‘the Statue Of Liberty and the Empire State Building and Central Park are all basically within 5 minutes walk of each other and also wherever you’re trying to go, the bridge you cross is the Brooklyn because that’s the one people recognise’ approach. But I’m thinking of, like, Roland Emerich. More commonly movies and other media tend to specify what area of NY we’re dealing with. We know that Dardevil operates in Hell’s Kitchen, that business- and lawyer- based shows happen in midtown and Manhattan (or Toronto pretending top be Manhattan), that Steve Roger is just a kid from, specifically, Brooklyn.

d. Movies set in London made by Americans are meanwhile incredibly vague and inaccurate, with no understanding of how many areas - often previously independent villages - there are, what they are like, and how they relate geographically.

e. I don’t understand how this managed to become about bloody America other than doesn’t everything

f. Spending 14 hours travelling across upstate NY in a train has given me a newfound respect for just how vast that country is

g. But it has zero to do with the idea that London isn’t terribly well researched or represented in mainstream cinema

h. ANYWAY, here’s som very good video essays about cities on screen: Los Angeles Plays Itself by Thomas Anderson, Vacouver Never Plays Itself from every Frame a Painting, Washington D.C. Always Plays Itself from Brows Held High

[zenpencils]

Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou. Happy International Women’s Day! 

[ephilog]

This has always been bothering me about Sailor Moon (and other manga). Why can’t they not ruin otherwise badass and empowering characters with this kind of crap?

Fight body-shaming. By daylight and by moonlight!

[thewanderingwomb]

[hfjdkls-deactivated20151013]

This is my fucking favourite

[petflower-deactivated20200330]

i think this all the time

[doctorwho-the-fuck-are-you]

HoLy FuCk

[freaknoid]

1) I LOVE HIS ACCENT. IT’S BEAUTIFUL.

2) PLEASE WATCH THIS. I LITERALLY HAVE TEARS STREAMING DOWN MY FACE. YOU WILL NOT REGRET THIS. JUST WATCH X’D

[hyourinmaruice]

oh my god I cannot breathe

[hivibrations]

I literally choked at the end.

[dajo42]

it’s actually really easy to include gay characters that don’t die, what you do is, you just write a character, make them gay, and then don’t kill them

[zef-stims]

Red hot nickle ball dropped in glitter

x

[dragonite-master]

The gay ritual has commenced

[punyhoomans]

@thebibliosphere

[thebibliosphere]

I get tagged in this so often you have no idea happy I am that you all associate fire and glitter as my Aesthetic™.

[foodffs]

Be Our Guest: Step-by-Step Beauty and the Beast Cupcakes

Really nice recipes. Every hour.

Show me what you cooked!

[citrusflowers]

what’s the difference between ninjas and stage crew?

ninjas move silently around walls, stage crew moves walls around silently.

[airyairyquitecontrary-deactivat]

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT IS SO GREAT

The depiction of ninjas as dressed all in black comes from traditional Japanese theatre.  Actual historical ninjas didn’t dress in black because it’s conspicuous as hell in the daytime and even at night in the dark a person dressed in solid black tends to stand out; dark grey or blue is better for hiding in shadows.  Usually they just wore ordinary, like, people clothes which are far better for blending into your surroundings in than a specialised professional costume.

BUT YOU KNOW WHO DID DRESS ALL IN BLACK LIKE THAT

the stage crew in a theatre

and it was a generally accepted convention that the black-clad stagehands were invisible, so they could be on stage at the same time as the actors and move things around and the audience would just mentally CG them out

but then one day because a director was a GENIUS, during an otherwise normal performance of a play, suddenly a stagehand stepped forward, assassinated one of the main characters and then melted back into the background

THEY WERE A NINJA

AND THE AUDIENCE LOST THEIR MINDS BECAUSE IT WAS AMAZING

and eventually it lost its mind-blow value because after a while everyone had seen a play like that, so although the “stagehands wear black and are invisible” convention continued, the new “ninjas wear black and are invisible until they choose to strike” convention became established, and from then on fictional ninjas have just worn black because it looks so cool.

So in fact the answer to “What’s the difference between ninjas and stage crew?” is “You will never know until they stab you.”

[indigobluerose]

Okay this is the first time I have heard the second half of this information and it’s so much better now.

[willow-s-linda]

Merbaby is ready to explore the world.

[fiercefeyreisa]

Oh my god

[vrabia]

i may despise galen erso from the bottom of my shriveled maggoty heart but i have to tell you guys how he managed to sneak in the death star weak spot according to the rogue one novelization because it’s hilarious. if you’re expecting some feat of engineering genius so subtle no one noticed it, you are wrong. galen got krennic to sign off on it himself.

he annoyed the fuck out of krennic by cc-ing him in like a million emails to death star r&d. 

so i know we’re behind schedule here but we found this structural flaw and wanted to let you guys know about it, says galen.

and r&d is like okay so how do we fix it? 

and galen is like well we could start over? 

and r&d is like no that’ll take too long. 

and galen promises to think about it and writes to them later all hey how about we make some additional investments and get better materials?

and r&d is like no that’s too expensive. 

and galen is like weeeell…. 

and r&d is like well what?

and galen goes well there’s something we can do but you’re not gonna like it.

and r&d is like okay what is it. 

and galen is like are you sure you want to hear it?

yes, goes r&d. 

like, really really super sure? 

yes, goes r&d.

okay so the problem is radiation buildup, says galen. have i mentioned the problem is radiation buildup?

30 emails ago, r&d says.

right, so. says galen. we could build this exhaust port but it’s not going to get rid of all the radiation all the time, so if you’re having some stormtroopers around they might be exposed to it. i can look into some other options to reduce–

at which point krennic, who’s been cc’d in all of this, goes JUST PUT THE FUCKING EXHAUST PORT IN AND GET IT OVER WITH FUCK THOSE STORMTROOPERS ALL THESE EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS ARE DRIVING ME NUTS

and galen is like okay :)

[rapidashrider]

This, THIS is EXACTLY why I felt the need to tweet Alexander Freed and let him know why the novelisation was so important to me, because this is a man who understands the absolute mind-numbing tedium of project management by committee.

Star Wars is and always has been about human nature, and sure, we chuck in some lasers and spaceships for funsies, but it’s about politics and human behaviour, and if you can make one of the the biggest plot holes in sci-fi history turn into a completely logical and rational event just because you understand that big decisions get made precisely because “I AM TOO TIRED TO BOTHER WITH THIS ANY MORE” then you are an absolute immortal genius, to my mind.

[grootficguy]

I’m so excited for Iron Fist because can you imagine Claire Temple’s reaction when she finds out there’s a goddamn ‘nother one? And when we eventually get our Defender series - my god. She’ll have a breakdown. They’ve teamed up? All of them? Catholic Guilt, One Punch Woman, Human Diamond and the Karate Kid are running round the streets together? RIP in rest Claire Temple.

[lesbianfreyja]

the phrase “curiosity killed the cat” is actually not the full phrase it actually is “curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought it back” so don’t let anyone tell you not to be a curious little baby okay go and be interested in the world uwu

[violet-nomad-deactivated2018120]

See also:

Blood is thicker than water The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.

Meaning that relationships formed by choice are stronger than those formed by birth.

[espurr-roba]

Let’s not forget that “Jack of all trades, master of none” ends with “But better than a master of one.”

It means that being equally good/average at everything is much better than being perfect at one thing and sucking at everything else. So don’t worry if you’re not perfect at something you do! Being okay is better!

[theshantiestme11ophone]

These made me feel better

[thelifeofatubaplayer]

Also, “great minds think alike” ends with “but fools rarely differ”

It goes to show that conformity isn’t always a good thing. And that just because more than one person has the same idea, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a good idea.

[eattheacid]

what the fuck why haven’t i heard the full version to any of these 

[terror-billie]

“Birds of a feather flock together” ends with “until the cat comes.”

It’s actually a warning about fair-weather friends, not an assessment of how complementary people are.

[engel-tier-deactivated20180213]

I’ve always felt like these were cut down on purpose.

[washington-acp]

I really like these phrases and plan on spreading this knowledge.

[alwayswillgraham]

The early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

[its-kks-world]

I want to make designs out of these.

[sunderlorn]

Funny how all the half-finished ones encourage uniformity and upholding the status-quo, while the complete proverbs encourage like…living exciting, eclectic lives driven by choice and personal passion.

[tentaclabia-deactivated20190608]

NICE

[jeanqrey]

[sprezzaturan]

quick Moana doodle, because they released some images!

[weavemama]

THE 👏🏾 ALIENS 👏🏾 ARE 👏🏾 COMING 👏🏾 BINCH